When: Wednesday, Sept 1,  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link
Register in advance or register right before joining the meeting. 
After registering, Zoom will email you the link to join the meeting.

AGENDA

1. Announcements (10 minutes)
   • Flyer Distribution 
   • Sunnyvale Ave. Bike Lanes
   • Legislative Update
   • Lawrence Station Area Plan
   • Message from the Chair
2. CA Rent Relief (15 min + 5 min)
   • Joanne Pham, Project Sentinel
   • VOTE: Endorse extending eviction moratorium
3. Sunnyvale Redistricting – Jacqui Guzman, Sunnyvale Deputy City Manager (15 min + 10 min)
4. Sunnyvale Specific Housing Element
   • Ryan Dyson, Sunnyvale’s Housing Specialist – Sunnyvale’s process for completing the Housing Element Chapter of the General Plan (10 min + 5 min).
   • Join Livable Sunnyvale’s subcommittee (5 min)
5. Caltrain grade crossings, restarting rail service – Glenn Hendricks, Sunnyvale Vice Mayor and Chair of VTA Board (15 min + 10 min)
6. Caltrain electrification + advances in Seamless Transit – Adina Levin, Friends of Caltrain  (10 min + 5 min)

Day:   Wednesday Date:  August 18th Time:  6:30 PM Location: Zoom link to register – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcuypqjkrE9I_zXJrddSYd-gqbd_qtdBv

Livable Sunnyvale is hosting an endorsement meeting for two affordable housing developments.  During this meeting you will hear from the developers, share your concerns and, if you are a member of Livable Sunnyvale and eligible to vote, vote to endorse or not each of these proposed developments.

Sonora Court (1178 Sonora Court – close to Lawrence Station) is sponsored by MidPen Housing.  Jennifer Liu, Senior Project Manager for MidPen Housing will give a brief presentation to introduce this development and then go over our Endorsement Form.

• You can review the presentation for the project before the meeting at https://drive.google.com/file/d/13yMYs2R5mgmTzMgYPLwJnYW2dr1Y8OPC/view?usp=sharing
  

Orchard Gardens (245 W. Weddell Drive) is sponsored by First Community Housing.  Jose Lujano, Project Manager for First Community Housing will give a brief presentation to introduce this development and then go through our Endorsement Form.

• You can review the presentation for the project before the meeting at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LVTUmSEHEt4rFzVCQX5IrdGUk2HdpAZk/view?usp=sharing
  

Subsequent to these presentations, eligible members will vote to endorse the project or not.  If we endorse the project, Livable Sunnyvale will send a letter to the Planning Commission and City Council in support of the project. 
We want to commend the developers for their willingness to come to this meeting and hope to see you on the 18th!

When: Wednesday, August 4,  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link
Register in advance or register right before joining the meeting. 
After registering, Zoom will email you the link to join the meeting.

AGENDA

1. Announcements (5 minutes)
   • Redistricting Meeting on Aug 5th
   • SB9 Letters to Becker
   • AB1401 Letters to Berman
2. Board Special Election (one vacancy) (10 minutes)
3. SVL Meeting Format: Call to Action for Public Comment & VOTE on Livable Sunnyvale position (5 minutes)
4. Mobile Home MOU status (10 minutes)
5. Impacts to Sunnyvale of the current catastrophic drought — Gustav Larsson, Sunnyvale Council Member (30 minutes)
   • As a new Council Member in 2014, Gustav Larsson was appointed to Sunnyvale’s seat on the board of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA), which represents the 26 Bay Area cities and water districts that purchase water from San Francisco’s Hetch Hetchy system. Today, after almost 8 years on the board, he serves as BAWSCA’s board chair where he has become deeply involved in water issues affecting the 1.8 million people in BAWSCA’s service area.
6. Housing Element 101 and more — Aaron Eckhouse of CA YIMBY (30 minutes)
   • What is the Housing Element?  It’s hugely important for housing advocates to get involved to make sure plans for the next 8 years of housing are fair and feasible!  
   • Note: Livable Sunnyvale plans to be very involved in our city’s process.
7. Orchard Gardens Introduction & Overview — Jose Lujano of First Community Housing (20 minutes)
   • Orchard Gardens is a new affordable housing project in Sunnyvale being planned by First Community Housing.  The plans for the re-development of 245 Weddell Drive include the development of 123 affordable apartments, with 15 apartments for people with developmental disabilities.

Recordings of Past Speaking Events: 

• Professor Michael Lens – What Works in Making Housing More Affordable
  • More About Professor Lens
• Professor Jessica Trounstine discusses the themes of her awarding winning book, Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities 
  • More About Professor Trounstine
• Don Weden – Urbanism After the Pandemic, What futures should we be preparing for? 
• Professor Willow Lung-Amam – Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Sonora Court & Orchard Gardens Endorsement Meeting, August 18, 6:30

Special event: Forum on Safe Parking and the Unhoused in Sunnyvale, September 23rd, 7:00 pm